Rodents of Sub-Saharan Africa - A biogeographic and taxonomic synthesis

This comprehensive handbook covers all the rodents occurring in Southern, Central, East and West Africa, south of the Sahara. Genus and species accounts include diagnostic descriptions, systematics and taxonomy, biogeographical environment, fossil species, photographs of skull and mandible, illustrations of molar dentition, photographs of live animals, distribution maps and tables of standard museum measurements.

About the author

Ara Monadjem, University of Swaziland, Kwaluseni, Swaziland; Peter  John Taylor, University of Venda, Thohoyandou, Republic of South Africa, Christiane Denys, Muséum National D'Histoire Naturelle, Paris, France; Fenton P.D. Cotterill, University of Stellenbosh, Republic of South Africa.

Product details

• Authors: Fenton P. D. Cotterill, Fenton P.D. Cotterill, Christiane Denys, Christiane et Denys, Ar Monadjem, Ara Monadjem, Peter Taylor, Peter J Taylor, Peter J. Taylor
• Publisher: De Gruyter
• Languages: English
• Product format: Hardback
• Released: 01.02.2015
• EAN: 9783110301663
• ISBN: 978-3-11-030166-3
• No. of pages: 1092
• Dimensions: 180 mm x 60 mm x 245 mm
• Weight: 1921 g
• Illustrations: 160 b/w and 610 col. ill., 50 b/w tbl.
• Subjects: Natural sciences, medicine, IT, technology > Biology > Zoology; Tier, Zoologie, Säugetier, Nagetier, Klassifikation, Afrika, NATURE / Animals / General, Zoologie: Säugetiere (Mammalogie), Life Sciences, Systematik, Biogeographie, Biowissenschaften, Zoologie / Tier, Taxonomie und Systematik, Biogeografie, Afrika / Pflanzen, Tiere, Jagd, Nagetiere; Zoologie; Biodiversity; Afrika; Taxonomie; Taxonomy; Zoology, Geografie / Biogeografie